Tardebigge

 

Here I am Rune

Distance 2.9 miles 

Total 5133 Locks  406 Tunnels

Running total mileage 7787.1 miles

 

Only a fairly short cruise today to the top of the Tardebigge lock flight to see how they are getting on with repairing the top lock. Since it was only about a 3 mile trip, we didn’t set off until quite late, about 1.20pm after I’d baked a loaf of bread since we had run out and there wasn’t anywhere in Alvechurch to buy any more. In fact the only general shop in the village is closing tomorrow until October so I couldn’t even get any milk from there. Before leaving Alvechurch I popped back into the marina to see if the invoice for replacing our gas regulator had been completed, it had so I settled the £230 bill.

Since I had to get some milk, I travelled into Bromsgrove once we’d got to Tardebigge and, since there are more supermarkets there than I realised, will probably do the weekend shopping there tomorrow, heading back towards Selly Oak on Saturday.